[PRCo] Steam Into History

[Dennis F Cramer]

Steam into History Inc. plans to build and operate a steam train to chronicle the role York County, Pa., played in Civil War history and to promote the area as a tourist destination.
Steam into History Inc. lauded York County Commissioners for setting the stage for construction of a Civil War-era locomotive that will operate between New Freedom and Hanover Junction. 

The commissioners approved a lease with the nonprofit Steam into History to use the county-owned rail lines, which have been in limited use since Hurricane Agnes in 1972. The rail lines are remnants of the fabled Northern Central Railway. 

President Abraham Lincoln rode into York County on the Northern Central lines on his way to deliver the Gettysburg Address in 1863. Steam into History hopes to have its train operating by 2013, coinciding with the 150th anniversary of Lincoln's famous speech. 

Passengers would board train in New Freedom for a nine-mile excursion north, through the southern York County countryside to the Civil War-era station at Hanover Junction, where, after a brief stop, the train would turn around and return to New Freedom. 


http://www.steamintohistory.com/

The builders
http://www.leviathan63.com/projects.html